Malaysian Independence Day

Dear Sue,
Thanks for the lovely letter you wrote me. My family and I are keeping well and hope its the
same_____________(1) all of you over there.
I was rather busy, _____________(2) I was taking part in the Merdeka Day celebrations. We
_____________(3)for days and the outcome was beautiful. It was a beautiful day and Malaysians
_______________(4) in and around Kuala Lumpur came out in full force. It was a three-hour-long parade
and people from all sections____________(5) the community took part.
We had soldiers, sailors, students, pensioners and people ____________(6) the private sector. The
costumes___________(7) colourful, the music good and everything went according to plan.As this was the
first Merdeka of the new millennium, I was ____________(8) proud to be a participant. I am already
looking forward to the next Merdeka celebration as I plan to participate again.
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